Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes (C) and her mother Noel Holmes leave the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on January 3, 2022 in San Jose, California.David Odisho/Getty Images
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1. Prosecutors in the Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial have set a tentative sentencing date. The government has proposed the hearing for the Theranos founder take place on September 12 and that Holmes would remain free on a $500,000 bond secured by property until then.
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Holmes was found guilty on three counts of wire fraud as well as a further count of conspiracy to defraud investors in federal court last week.
The former Theranos CEO was acquitted of a further four counts of wire fraud and conspiracy, and the jury couldn't reach a verdict on the remaining three charges against her.
Another court filing proposed starting jury selection for the trial of former Theranos president Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, who is facing nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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